Stable prices, fragile systems: Government must not be complacent
FISH prices across Western Visayas remain stable. Markets are well-supplied, as reported by this paper yesterday. Consumers are spared the kind of food price...
Abundance amid crisis: Western Visayas must protect its fisheries advantage
AT A TIME when global tensions are pushing fuel prices upward and threatening to ripple across food systems, Western Visayas finds itself in a...
Survival on borrowed time
ILOILO traditional jeepney drivers continue to ply their routes from dawn until dusk as reported by this paper yesterday — not because the margins...
Running on empty: Are we seeing the collapse of the jeepney economy?
LONG BEFORE dawn breaks over Iloilo, engines roar to life — not out of optimism, but necessity. For traditional jeepney drivers, each day begins...
When protest becomes prayer: Faith as a language of resistance
HOLY WEEK in this country has always been more than ritual. It is reflection, repentance, and renewal. But in the streets of Iloilo City...
LGUs must lead by example – but is it enough?
WHEN the Iloilo Provincial Government and other local government units (LGUs) switched off their lights for the recent Earth Hour, they sent a message:...
Turning urgency into policy reform
CRISES have a way of exposing truths we often ignore in more comfortable times.
Today’s surge in fuel prices and the looming strain on energy...
Energy conservation as economic survival
THE EARTH Hour or “Ligum-Dulom” campaign in Iloilo Province on Saturday was a welcome reminder of the value of conservation. But the real test...
Beyond one hour
FOR ONE hour this March 28, the lights will go out across Iloilo. Government offices will dim. Households will switch off bulbs. The province...
Transport labor crackdown – pilot program or turning point?
THE LABOR crackdown in Iloilo City’s transport sector, as reported by this paper yesterday, has been described as a “first of its kind” in...